Software Engineering wIE MEng (Hons)

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Level 1 options for September 2016

Information icon You will be automatically enrolled on these nine course units which total 120 credits.

Level 1 - compulsory units

All of the units in this pool are mandatory.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP10120	First Year Team Project	20
COMP11120	Mathematical Techniques for Computer Science	20
COMP11212	Fundamentals of Computation	10
COMP12111	Fundamentals of Computer Engineering	10
COMP14112	Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence	10
COMP15111	Fundamentals of Computer Architecture	10
COMP16121	Object Oriented Programming with Java 1	20
COMP16212	Object Oriented Programming with Java 2	10
COMP18112	Fundamentals of Distributed Systems	10

Level 2 options for September 2017

Information icon You will be automatically enrolled on these six course units which total 80 credits.

You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 10 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 20 credits from Option Pool 1. You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 10 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 20 credits from Option Pool 2. You may choose a maximum of 10 credits of external units from External Option Pool 1 and a maximum of 10 credits of external units from External Option Pool 2.

If you take a 20 credit whole year course unit you are not permitted to drop this unit when course unit selection reopens at the start of semester 2.

You can also choose up to 20 credits of optional course units that are external to the Department. You can choose any Level 1 or 2 options for which you meet any pre-requisites and fits with your timetable, these may be:

- Business and Management course units: https://www.ambs.ughandbook.manchester.ac.uk/non-ambs-students/
- University College course units
- Language course units: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/study/university-language-centre-leap-courses/course-information/leap-courses/courses-for-all/
- HSTM20282 Information Visions https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2021/00485/bsc-biology-with-science-and-society/course-details/HSTM20282#course-unit-details

Please note: to enrol on some external course units (such as Language) will require permission from the associated School/Department.

To select any external course units outside of the list given above will require permission from the 2nd Year Tutor.

You must ensure your credits are balanced over the academic year (60 credits in each semester).

Level 2 - compulsory units

All of the units in this pool are mandatory.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP23111	Fundamentals of Databases	10	Web and Distributed Systems
COMP23311	Software Engineering 1	10	Software Engineering / Agile Methods
COMP23412	Software Engineering 2	10	Agile Methods / Software Engineering
COMP25111	Operating Systems	10	Computer Architecture
COMP26120	Algorithms and Imperative Programming	20	Programming and Algorithms / Computer Languages
COMP28112	Distributed Computing	10	Web and Distributed Systems

Level 2 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 20 credits and a minimum of 10 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP21111	Logic and Modelling	10	Rigorous Development
COMP22111	Processor Microarchitecture	10	System-on-Chip
COMP24111	Machine Learning and Optimisation	10	Learning and Search in Artificial Intelligence
COMP28411	Computer Networks	10	Mobile Computing and Networks

Level 2 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 20 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP22712	Microcontrollers	10	None
COMP24412	Symbolic AI	10	Natural Language, Representation and Reasoning
COMP25212	System Architecture	10	Computer Architecture
COMP27112	Computer Graphics and Image Processing	10	Visual Computing
COMP28512	Mobile Systems	10	Mobile Computing and Networks

Level 2 - option pool 3

From this option pool choose a maximum of 20 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
BMAN10011	Fundamentals of Management	10
BMAN10252	Fundamentals of Technological Change	10
BMAN10552	Fundamentals of Finance	10
BMAN10612	Business Economics	10
BMAN10621B	Fundamentals of Financial Reporting	10
BMAN10632	Fundamentals of Accounting	10
BMAN20242	Introduction to Corporate Finance & Financial Instruments	10
BMAN20792	Technology Strategy & Innovation 1	10
BMAN20811	Managing Business Operations	10
BMAN20821	New Product Development and Innovation	10
BMAN20832	Marketing	10
BMAN20842	Organisations and Emploment	10
BMAN21012	Global Contexts of Business and Management	10
BMAN21061	Introduction to Management Information Systems	10
UCIL10221	Science and the Modern World	10
UCIL20001	Leadership of Learning	10
UCIL20021	Leadership in Action	10
UCIL20022	Leadership in Action	10
UCIL20031	Leadership in Action Online Unit	10
UCIL20032	Leadership in Action Online Unit	10
UCIL20092	The Crisis of Nature: Issues in Environmental History	10
UCIL20102	Multilingual Manchester	10
UCIL20181	Science, the Media and the Public	10
UCIL20282	The Information Age	10
UCIL20331	From Cholera to Aids: A Global History of Epidemics	10
UCIL20882	An Introduction to Current Topics in Biology	10
UCIL21002	Leadership of Learning	10
UCIL21102	Diverse Britain in a Globalising World	10
UCIL21202	Bioethics: Contemporary Issues in Science and Biomedicine	10
UCIL21301	Communicating with Confidence	10
UCIL21302	Communicating with Confidence	10
UCIL21402	Innovation for a Sustainable Society	10
UCIL21802	Body, Health and Well-Being	10
UCIL21902	Humanitarian Challenges in an Unequal World	10
UCIL22301	Curating Culture	10
UCIL22501	Global Citizenship and Sustainability	10
UCIL24002	The Art of Enterprise	10
UCIL25002	The Digital Society	10
UCIL29002	Physics & The Grand Challenges of Today	10

Level 3 options for September 2018

Information icon You will be automatically enrolled on five course units, including the Third Year Project course unit, totalling 80 credits.

You need to select two courses totalling 20 credits from Option Pool 1. You need to select two courses totalling 20 credits from Option Pool 2.

Level 3 - compulsory units

All of the units in this pool are mandatory.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP30040	3rd Year Project (Single Honours 40 Credits)	40	None
MCEL30031	Enterprise Management for Computer Scientists	10
MCEL30032	Managing Finance in Enterprises for Computer Scientists	10

Level 3 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 20 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP32211	Implementing System-on-Chip Designs	10	System-on-Chip
COMP33511	User Experience	10	Software Engineering / Interactive Systems Design
COMP33711	Agile Software Engineering	10	Agile Methods
COMP36111	Advanced Algorithms 1	10	Programming and Algorithms
COMP37111	Advanced Computer Graphics	10	Visual Computing
COMP38411	Cryptography and Network Security	10	Mobile Computing and Networks

Level 3 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 20 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP34412	Natural Language Systems	10	Natural Language, Representation and Reasoning
COMP35112	Chip Multiprocessors	10	Computer Architecture
COMP36212	Advanced Algorithms 2	10	Programming and Algorithms
COMP36512	Compilers	10	Computer Languages
COMP37212	Computer Vision	10	Visual Computing
COMP32412	The Internet of Things: Architectures and Applications	10	Web and Distributed Systems

Level 3 - option pool 3

From this option pool choose a maximum of 40 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.

Code	Title	Credits	Theme
COMP34120	AI and Games	20	Learning and Search in Artificial Intelligence
COMP38120	Documents, Services and Data on the Web	20	Web and Distributed Systems

Level 4 options for September 2019

Information icon You will be automatically enrolled on the Summer Industrial Project and??
MCEL 40042: Business Feasibility Study which totals 40 credits.

You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 15 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 1.

You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 15 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 2.

You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 15 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 3.

You need to select a minimum of one course unit totalling 15 credits or a maximum of two course units totalling 30 credits from Option Pool 4.

You need to select one course unit totalling 15 credits from Option Pool 5.

Level 4 - compulsory units

All of the units in this pool are mandatory.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP40901	UG MEng Industrial Project	25
MCEL40042	Business Feasibility Study	15

Level 4 - option pool 1

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 15 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP60411	Modelling data on the web	15
COMP60711	Data Engineering	15
COMP61011	Foundations of Machine Learning	15
COMP61411	Cryptography	15

Level 4 - option pool 2

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 15 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP61021	Modelling and visualization of high-dimensional data	15
COMP61421	Cyber Security	15
COMP62421	Querying Data on the Web	15
COMP62521	Agile and Test-Driven Development	15

Level 4 - option pool 3

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP60332	Automated Reasoning and Verification	15
COMP60532	Principles of Digital Biology	15
COMP61332	Text Mining	15
COMP62532	Component-based Software Development	15

Level 4 - option pool 4

From this option pool choose a maximum of 30 credits and a minimum of 0 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
COMP60542	Introduction to Health Informatics	15
COMP61342	Computer Vision	15
COMP62342	Ontology Engineering for the Semantic Web	15

Level 4 - option pool 5

From this option pool choose 15 credits.

Code	Title	Credits
BMAN60422	Data Analytics for Business Decision Making	15
BMAN70391	Strategic Project Organising	15
BMAN71652	Information and Knowledge Management	15
BMAN73271	Decision Behaviour, Analysis and Support	15
MCEL63402	Essential Risk Management for Business	15